Sort of 1...

I started this blog a year ago today with an introductory post entitled "Neglected Roots (Research Diary, No. 1)", in which my stated blogging goal was (and still remains!) to organize my accumulated genealogy materials!

Unfortunately, I fell off the wagon...

The blog went dark from late February until the 1st of December, when I decided to brush off the cobwebs and begin blogging again!

My re-entry into the world of genealogy blogging began with another diary entry, "Distractions (Research Diary, no. 3)", and an addition to the GeneaBloggers community.

I've redesigned my template, played around with features (and continue to play!), found a whole bunch of new blogs to enjoy (and new online friends!), made (and continue to make) lots of plans, and tried to not neglect my actual genealogy research!

So, while I have listed my blogiversary date as the very first post (Jan. 31), technically, I can only claim a 4 month anniversary...but hey, who's counting? ;)

Jenn

Tabloid Thursday: Diptheria and Typhoid by the numbers...

Tabloid Thursday: Where yesterday's news is today...

T.T. is an experimental weekly meme I'm trying here at "Roots & Stones" (please let me know if there are any themes/memes already around like this - I don't want to reinvent the wheel!). 

I wanted a weekly feature where I could showcase articles, those lovely little social news items (i.e. "Mrs. X and daughter visited Mrs. Y this weekend and will be returning home on Thursday..."), and other interesting newspaper "stuff" I've come across in the course of my research.  Thus, Tabloid Thursday...

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Source: "The Ottawa Daily Citizen", Wednesday, November 2, 1887, p. 1, column 4.
Accessed at Google News archive, 27 January 2010.

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HAVOC BY DIPTHERIA.
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Deaths Caused by Diptheria and Typhoid Fever in Ontario.
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Provincial Board of Health Statement.
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By Telegraph to The Citizen.
      Toronto, 1st. - At a meeting of the Provincial Board of Health this afternoon a statement regarding the prevalence of diptheria and typhoid fever was read. Out of 600 municipalities 353 reported and out of these 185 reported either diptheria or typhoid fever, and 71 reported neither diseases. The total number of cases of diptheria was 1,888 and of typhoid fever 864. The deaths from diptheria numbered 488 and from typhoid fever 135. The causes given were impure water, impure milk and causes in connection with slaughter houses and cheese factories. A statement regarding the prevalence of these diseases in several Ontario cities was also presented as follows,

Toronto
      Cases of diptheria 428, deaths 155, cases per 1,000 of population 3.39, deaths per 1,000 1.23; cases of typhoid fever 127, deaths 41, cases per 1,000 1, deaths per 1,000 32.

Hamilton
      Cases of diptheria 134, deaths 15, cases per 1,000 3.11, deaths per 1,000 34; cases of typhoid 47, deaths 3, cases per 1,000 1.09, deaths per 1,000 0.7.

Guelph
      Cases of diptheria, 46; deaths, 2; cases per 1,000, 4.38; deaths, .19; cases of typhoid, 10; deaths, 1; cases per 1,000, 95; deaths, .09.

St. Thomas
      Cases of diptheria, 30; deaths, 4; cases per 1,000, 2.92; deaths, .38; cases of typhoid, 1; deaths, 1; cases per 1,000, .09.

Stratford
      Cases of diptheria, 3; deaths, 3; cases per 1,000, .33; deaths, .33; cases of typhoid, 3; deaths, 1; cases per thousand, .33; deaths, .11.

London
      Cases of diptheria 60, deaths 19; cases per 1,000, 2.26, deaths .71; cases of typhoid 5, deaths 3; cases per 1,000, .18, deaths .11.

Brantford
      Cases of diptheria 63, deaths 8; cases per 1,000, 4.83, deaths .61; cases of typhoid 92, deaths 4; cases per 1,000, 7.06, deaths .38.

Kingston
      Cases of diptheria 18, deaths 1; cases of typhoid 14, deaths 3.

Among the Geraniums and Garden Gnomes... (Wordless Wednesday)

Charlie. Taken Summer 2010 by J. L. Cameron.

Not quite genealogy related, but he is family! ;)

Tombstone Tuesday: Askew/Westlake (Oshawa Union)

Askew/Westlake gravestone, Section F, Oshawa Union Cemetery, Oshawa, Regional Municipality of Durham (previously East Whitby tp., Ontario co.), Ontario, Canada; visited and photographed by J. L. Cameron, 22 September 2010. Copy in possession of the author.

Askew / In Loving Memory of / John Joseph / Askew / Feb. 19, 1878 - June 17, 1983 / Mary Ann / Westlake His Wife / Oct. 16, 1874 - June 3, 1961

Please Note: The Askew/Westlake family is not related to me. My own ancestors reside in cemeteries many miles away from my home, and thus, to satisfy my cemetery "cravings" I take photographs in my local cemeteries. If you have someone buried in an Oshawa cemetery, feel free to email me or leave a comment below - I may have a photograph and if not, I'd be happy to take one for you! Jenn

It's Not Only People... (Tabloid Thursday)

Tabloid Thursday: Where yesterday's news is today...

T.T. is an experimental weekly meme I'm trying here at "Roots & Stones" (please let me know if there are any themes/memes already around like this - I don't want to reinvent the wheel!). 

I wanted a weekly feature where I could showcase articles, those lovely little social news items (i.e. "Mrs. X and daughter visited Mrs. Y this weekend and will be returning home on Thursday..."), and other interesting newspaper "stuff" I've come across in the course of my research.  Thus, Tabloid Thursday...

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Source: "The Ottawa Citizen", Saturday, March 8, 1941, p. 16, column 3-6
Accessed at Google News archive, 20 January 2010.

These London Rescue Workers Saved Eighteen Lives

Draggled and bewildered, these kittens emerged from their bombed London homes each with all of its nine lives intact. Rescue workers, busy following Nazi air raids on the metropolis, heard faint mewlings from piles of wreckage that had been houses, more work followed, and the cats were rescued.

Broadbent/Joughin (Oshawa Union) : Tombstone Tuesday

Broadbent/Joughin gravestone, Section F, Oshawa Union Cemetery, Oshawa, Regional Municipality of Durham (previously East Whitby tp., Ontario co.), Ontario, Canada; visited and photographed by J. L. Cameron, 22 September 2010. Copy in possession of the author.




In Memory Of / Joseph W. Broadbent / Beloved Husband Of / E. M. Joughin / 1889 - 1940 / Native of Eng. / Elsie Mabel Joughin / 1890 - 1969 / Joseph V. / Infant Son / 1922 / Broadbent

Please Note: The Broadbent/Joughin family is not related to me. My own ancestors reside in cemeteries many miles away from my home, and thus, to satisfy my cemetery "cravings" I take photographs in my local cemeteries. If you have someone buried in an Oshawa cemetery, feel free to email me or leave a comment below - I may have a photograph and if not, I'd be happy to take one for you! Jenn

Historic Huntsville Station : (Almost) Wordless Wednesday

Huntsville Train Station, Huntsville, Chaffey tp., (now the municipality of the Town of Huntsville) Muskoka dist., Ontario, CAN; taken ca. September 2010 by W. Cameron [address private]; copy in possession of the author.

The present Huntsville train station was built in 1924, to replace an older station built originally in 1886 (when the track was first constructed).  For more information, see the Huntsville Train Station Society.